Locarno workshop:
We had 35 distributors gathered in Locarno to discuss the EDCL project and digital cinema in general. We thank you all for attending.

You can find below the presentation of the project as well as the practical experience of two distributors with digital releases:
- Presentation of the EDCL project
- Digital Releases at Artificial Eye
- Digital Releases at Frenetic


Paris Project workshop:
35 distributors attended our Paris Project workshop and discussed the advantages of coproduction for distributors, new business models and case study. We thank you all for attending and hope you enjoyed your stay!

You can find all the powerpoint presentations here

We thank again Caroline Nataf and Géraldine Ohana who run the blog The Biz And Tech Lab for making the following report of the event: here



Annecy:
More than 15 distributors attended our Annecy workshop and discussed on the future of stereoscopic 3D and of recent animation releases in the outstanding setting of Annecy. We thank you all for attending and hope you enjoyed your stay!

We thank also Caroline Nataf and Géraldine Ohana who run the blog The Biz And Tech Lab (a blog mainly dedicated to the professionals of the Cinema industry which aims at deciphering most of the recent mutations concerning production, new marketing models, financing, etc) for making the following reports of the debates:
-Report conference on stereo 3D
-Report conference on case studies
-Cineuropa video of Michel Schmidt's intervention
-Cineuropa video of Charlotte Jones' intervention

You can find all the powerpoint presentations here


CANNES:
• European Audiovisual Observatory conference on digital:
Christine Eloy, of Cineart in Belgium represented Europa Distribution. She sat alongside Ian Christie, of Europa Cinemas, Antoine Virenque, of the European Digital Cinema Forum, and Hughes Becquart, of the MEDIA Programme to discuss the mutations of digital for the cinema industry.
Read the report here

• Cidinet comes to Cannes having quickly established itself as a key industry resource since its launch at Berlin in February. The service - which provides marketing materials and data on European releases - now includes information about 1,140 films, with 528 distributors and 168 sales agents registered. For more, go to www.cidinet.eu. The site is supported by the MEDIA Programme and works closely with film market database Cinando.com.

CIDINET:
• CIDINET Launch Cocktail - Berlinale 2010 - February 15 2010 at 7 pm at Oscar & Co
• Press release: Europa Distribution launches new European distribution database CIDINET

Europa Distribution's meeting in Paris - January 13 2010
• MEDIA Distribution Support: facts and figures 2009-2010 - John Dick
• Presentation of the EDCL project

Europa Distribution's 3rd Annual Conference - Estoril Film Festival - November 12-14 2009
• Program
• Booklet

Europa Distribution was created in March 2006 at the initiative of French independent distributors. Its aim is to gather the independent European distributors who all share the same worries, in order to push on common problems at the European level. Europa Distribution, with a membership of 80 leading independent distributors representing 22 countries, serves as the voice of the European independent film distributor. It acts as a lobby, a think tank as well as a network and aims to develop a strong European film industry.

The Dardenne Brothers are the Presidents of Honour of the Association.The Board of Administration, chaired by Régine VIAL (Les Films du Losange / France) & Antonio MEDICI (Bim / Italy) is composed of 13 independent European distributors, representative in terms of nationality, type of structure, and cultural diversity.

This site will provide you with useful information regarding our activities, our members and our experiences throughout the world, helping strengthening the bonds between distributors in and out of Europe.

The Dardenne's word :

The creation of Europa Distribution a few years ago has resulted in a great exposure of the work of risk-taking independent distributors from Europe who, together with independent producers and independent exhibitors, discover and promote new talents, gradually introducing them to a wide audience. Since then, Europa Distribution has served as the voice for independent distribution in Europe and has led to the development of a dynamic and efficient network of European Distributors who can share information and experiences on a regular basis to better promote Cinema from Europe and from all over the world.

We now believe that the very existence of Europa Distribution is essential in order to develop a strong European film industry that combines market ambitions and cultural diversity, and also to improve the circulation of European movies in Europe.

Therefore, it is for us a pleasure and an honour to be the presidents of honour of this network, thus showing our commitment to the cause of independent film distribution in Europe.

In fact, all our movies have been released by independent distributors, most of them members of the Europa Distribution network: Cineart in Belgium, Diaphana in France, Folkets Bio in Sweden, Bim in Italy, Artificial Eye in the UK, Xenix in Switzerland, Gutek in Poland, Filmladen in Austria, Arthaus in Norway, Atalanta in Portugal, Vertigo in Spain, A-Film in the Netherlands....

We wish us for the next few years beautiful struggles, great successes and above all a long life."